• MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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    And that everyone’s too damn poor. Babysitter? Not on average wages! No one wants to give up all of their time and money for kids they might not be able to provide for.

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      There are people giving 100% of their paychecks for childcare and the spouse pays for everything else.

      That is a failure of the US and birth rates won’t improve until that changes.

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          Low birth rates deplete the work force in the long term. Creates issues where tax revenue is low and cost of social programs and healthcare are extremely high because there are so many people at retirement age and beyond. Birth rates at a minimum should be stagnant.

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            deplete the word force

            Its spelled “increase the negotiating power of labor”

            tax revenues are low

            Tax billionaires out if existence. Or re-organize society so we work somewhat efficiently and don’t spend 90% of allblabor doing useless corpo bosswank.

            See, this is only a problem gor evil exploitative oligarch shit heels. Benefits humans very much.